Golden plates containing what would become the Book of Mormon were believed to be buried on this New York hillside.

A towering cemetery monument honors a man who threatened to expose the Freemasons and paid with his life.

A monument to the “unrecognized dead” of the tragic 1876 train crash.

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

On the grounds of this study, Lew Wallace composed "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" and many other works.

Nature and art meet in this curvy creation

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.

The location of one of the first private Catholic schools in the country, providing a valuable sanctuary during the tumultuous period when Protestant and Catholic students were at odds.

The infamous Boston Mob ran rackets from an office here in the 1970s.

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

This memorial honors those who served on Gallops Island Radio Training Station during the second World War.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

This parking garage was the site of what was - at the time - the largest cash robbery in history.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.

Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.

The mysterious canine hides atop a drain pipe on the back of the building, some say as a sneaky shoutout to Yale.

The final resting place of many of New Jersey's most famous residents, including U.S. history's most in-vogue antagonist, Aaron Burr.

This Connecticut video store has a vast and varied archive that contains everything from 'Koyaanisqatsi' to 'The King's Speech.'

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

A preserved trolley track that was transformed into a museum of transportation.

The former site of an all-but-forgotten colonial landmark is now remembered by an often overlooked bas relief.